Dr. Tarek Shahbandar
Anesthesiology
Merrillville, IN
22 years experience male
Locations
Pain Physicians of Indiana
Merrillville, IN
Phone
Practice website
Insurances accepted
BCS Insurance Company
CIGNA Health Care
UMR
United HealthCare Insurance Company
Medicare
Zurich North America
Office
Crown Point, IN
Office
IL
About
Bio
Residency at Cleveland Clinic
Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic
Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Taught at University of Illinois as an assistant professor
Founder of pain physicians of Indiana
www.pp-in.com
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Anesthesiology
Pain Management
Licenses
United States: Indiana
Languages spoken
Arabic
Doctor Q&A
261 Answers
175 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 54-year-old female asked:

Dr. Tarek Shahbandar answered
22 years experience Anesthesiology
Back or circulation : There are multiple causes for your leg pain. Could be wear and tear from increased activity, circulation problems like a blood clot or even a lumbar ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:

Dr. Tarek Shahbandar answered
22 years experience Anesthesiology
Yes if kidneys nl: That combination should be safe if you have normal metabolism with healthy kidneys and you take appropriate doses.
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A 57-year-old female asked:

Dr. Tarek Shahbandar answered
22 years experience Anesthesiology
Yes and yes: We do use various self reporting pain scales like 1 - 10 to measure pain even though the diffuse pain from fibromyalgia may be vague and hard to put a ... Read More
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Recommendations and Thank you notes are endorsements given from patients or other doctors.
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Thank you notes
Feb 18, 2013
Excellent outcomes treating patients with acute herpes Zoster of the face by doing a stellate ganglion block. Saves these patients a lot of pain and recovery time.
Feb 21, 2013
Consider this well trained physician to be your physician! You'll be hard pressed to find one like him.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Shahbandar is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you very much for your answer and for being a part of this service. It's so helpful and saves me from taking up dr time w/ a Q visit.
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Thanks for your quick reply! the pain has started to reduced in these 2 days..however when he stays in 1 position (while he sits or sleeps the pain will comes again..)
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We used to use isobaric Bupivaca 0.125% for postoperative analgesia (with syringe pump for about 12 hours). What is your typical opioid use?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
Graduated 1999MD
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Wisconsin, WI
Graduated 1999MD
Residency
CLEVELAND CLINIC
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